Saturday, December 13, 2008

This is the Sun

I’ve got a question concerning the story of Nabi Isa from the Christain perspective. According to some historian, the story of Nabi Isa is nothing more than a plagiarized depiction of the Egyptian Sun God Horus and other numerous pre-Christian deities. The similarities are undeniable while others arguable. I’ve read a lot of feedback about this from a Christian angle, and as predicted, defended their beliefs with rigor. I would however like to know some feedback from Muslim’s point of view. Because it also has some serious implication I think from our own standpoint. Anyway the story is as follows:

Horus was born on December 25th of the virgin Isis-Meri. His birth was accompanied by a star in the east, which in turn, three kings followed to locate and adorn the new-born savior. At the age of 12, he was a prodigal child teacher, and at the age of 30 he was baptized by a figure known as Anup and thus began his ministry. Horus had 12 disciples he traveled about with, performing miracles such as healing the sick and walking on water. Horus was known by many gestural names such as The Truth, The Light, God's Annointed Son, The Good Shepherd, The Lamb of God, and many others. After being betrayed by Typhon, Horus was crucified, buried for 3 days, and thus, resurrected.

These general characteristic seem to permeate throughout the world from other culture’s god. For example:

· Attis, of Phyrigia, born of the virgin Nana on December 25th, crucified, placed in a tomb and after 3 days, was resurrected;

· Krishna, of India, born of the virgin Devaki with a star in the east signaling his coming, performed miracles with his disciples, and upon his death was resurrected;

· Dionysus of Greece, born of a virgin on December 25th, was a traveling teacher who performed miracles such as turning water into wine, he was referred to as the "King of Kings," "God's Only Begotten Son," "The Alpha and Omega," and many others, and upon his death, he was resurrected;

· Mithra, of Persia, born of a virgin on December 25th, he had 12 disciples and performed miracles, and upon his death was buried for 3 days and thus resurrected, he was also referred to as "The Truth," "The Light," and many others. Interestingly, the sacred day of worship of Mithra was Sunday.

Then there is the latest of the similar messiah, Nabi Isa;

· He was born of the virgin Mary on December 25th in Bethlehem, his birth was announced by a star in the east, which three kings or magi followed to locate and adorn the new savior. He was a child teacher at 12, at the age of 30 he was baptized by John the Baptist, and thus began his ministry. He also had 12 disciples which he traveled about with performing miracles such as healing the sick, walking on water, raising the dead, he was also known as the "King of Kings," the "Son of God," the "Light of the World," the "Alpha and Omega," the "Lamb of God," and many others. After being betrayed by his disciple Judas and sold for 30 pieces of silver, he was crucified, placed in a tomb and after 3 days was resurrected and ascended into Heaven.

They also continue to state that inscribed about 3500 years, on the walls of the Temple of Luxor in Egypt are images of the enunciation, the Immaculate Conception, the birth, and the adoration of Horus. The images begin with Thaw announcing to the virgin Isis that she will conceive Horus, then Nef the Holy Ghost impregnating the virgin, and then the virgin birth and the adoration. This is exactly the story of the miracle conception. In fact, the literary similarities between the Egyptian religion and the Christian religion are staggering.

Furthermore they argue that there isn’t any non-biblical historical evidence of any person, living with the name Jesus, the Son of Mary, who travelled about with 12 followers, healing people and the like. There are many historians at the time who presided around the Mediterranean whether during or soon after the assumed life of Jesus, and not one of them documented this figure.

Now these statements I presume also jeopardize our own historical facts. Thus,I would like to invite anyone who can shed some light or have an opinion into the matter.